Reactive monochlorotriazine azo dyestuffs containing a sodium salt of an aniline-n-omega-methane sulfonic acid group



United States Patent 3,501,452 REACTIVE MONOCHLOROTRIAZINE AZO DYE- STUFFS CONTAINING A SODIUM SALT OF AN ANlLINE-N-OMEGA-METHANE SULFONIC ACID GROUP Mario Bertin and Ugo Moiso, Cesano Maderno, Milan, and Giulio Craia, Saronno, Milan, Italy, assignors to Aziende Colori Nazionali Aflini ACNA S.p.A., Milan, Italy, a corporation of Italy No Drawing. Filed Aug. 24, 1967, Ser. No. 662,871 Claims priority, application Italy, Aug. 29, 1966, 19,701/ 66 Int. C1. C09!) 62/44; C07d 55/12; D06p U.S. Cl. 260-146 8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Reactive dyestulf having the formula:

wherein R R and R are each selected from the group consisting of benzene and naphthalene radicals containing substituents selected from the group consisting of OH, --SO H, NO halogen radicals, alkyl radicals containing about 1-3 carbon atoms and alkoxy radicals containing about 1-3 carbon atoms, and n is 1 or 2, said dyestuff containing at least three SO H radicals and which are suitable for dyeing wool, silk, superpolyamides and polyhydroxylated fibers with purity and brightness of shade and good fastness to wet treatments and to chlorine treatment.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the invention The present invention relates to reactive monochlorotriazine azo dyestuffs which are capable of forming chemical bonds with various fibers to thereby produce fast dyeings.

Description of the prior art In US. patent application Ser. No. 462,072, filed on June 7, 1965, and now US. Patent No. 3,413,077 there are described monochlorotriazine dyestuffs capable of establishing a chemical bond with textile fibers, these dyestuffs having the general formula:

wherein X is -H, -CH OCH or OC H n is 1-4; and the'term chromogen represents a residue of a dyestuflf selected from the group consisting of non-metallized azo dyestuffs, metallized azo dyestuffs, anthraquinone dyestuffs and phthalocyanine. These dyestuffs have in common the structural characteristic of having a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl-amino-N-omegamethane sulfonic acid radical bonded to a carbon atom of the triazine nucleus.

3,501,452 Patented Mar. 17, 1970 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION We have now found a group of new dyestuffs, optionally in the form of chromium and cobalt metallized azo dyestuffs, having the formula:

wherein R R and R are each selected from the group consisting of benzene and naphthalene radicals containing substituents selected from the group consisting of OH, fiSO H, NO halogen radicals, alkyl radicals containing about 1-3 carbon atoms and alkoxy radicals containing about 1-3 carbon atoms, and n is 1 or 2, said dyestuif containing at least 3 SO H radicals. These dyestulfs have the important property of being capable of being equally Well applied by either the exhaustion or the impregnation dyeing processes or in printing.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The dyeings which are obtained by using the dyestuffs of the present invention are distinguished by the purity and brightness of the shades, and by very good fastness to wet tests and to treatments in which chlorine is present or is generated.

The dyestuffs of the present invention may be prepared by condensation of cyanuric chloride with the sodium salt of aniline-N-omega-methane-sulfonic acid (condensed product A) and successive reaction of the thus obtained condensation product, at temperatures not higher than 50-55 C., with a selected azo dyestuif so as to yield a reactive dyestuff within the foregoing formula.

A variation of this preparation process comprised first condensing the condensation product A with a coupling component comprising a portion of selected dyestuff B (and belonging to the benzene or naphthalene series) and then coupling a selected diazo-compound with the thus obtained condensate so as to yield a reactive dyestuif Within the foregoing formula.

The optional metallization of the dyestufi may be carried out by known methods such as, for instance, the metallization methods described in US. Patents 2,829,139; 3,244,691; and French Patent 1,360,943.

The reactive dyestuffs of the present invention are suitable for dyeing wool, silk, synthetic superpolyamides, but are particularly useful for dyeing fibrous polyhydroxylated materials, such as cellulose, cotton, viscose, etc.

When dyeing cellulose materials with the dyestuffs of the invention, the dye bath contains an acid binding agent such as sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide or the alkaline phosphates and, optionally electrolytes which promote the exhaustion of the dye bath, such as sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.

The following examples are presented to illustrate the invention without limiting its scope. The parts and percentages set forth therein are by weight, unless otherwise indicated.

EXAMPLE 1 Into 19 parts of cyanuric chloride suspended at a temperature of 5 C. in 130 parts of water and ice, 20.9 parts of the sodium salt of aniline-N-omega-methylsulfonic acid in 100 parts of water were introduced over a period of 15 minutes, while maintaining the temperature at 4-5 C. with parts of ice and the pH between 5 and 6 with a solution consisting of 10 g. of Na CO in cc. H O. After stirring at 4-5 C. for an additional 4 hours, during which period the pH was always maintained be- 3 4 tween and 6 with Na CO solution, the reaction mix- The dyestutf dissolved in water, yielding a reddishture was filtered to remove the excess cyanuric chloride, yellow solution which dyed cotton yellow with good fastthercby obtaining the solution of the monocondensation ness (particularly fast to chlorine) after alkaline thermoproduct (I) fixing.

. N r EXAMPLE 3 a 0 0 Into a solution of 25 parts of the sodium salt of the i; H 2-amino-5-naphthol-7-sulfonic acid in 240 parts of H 0 N at 30 C., in the presence of 6.5 parts of NaI-ICO as 3 a buffering agent, a solution of the mono-condensed product 0 (I) was added at 4-5 C. The reaction was heated from The solution was poured into a suspension in 50 parts of 25 C. to 35 C. over a period of 1 hour and minwater of 48.5 parts of the trisodium salt of the diazo \lteS a d Was then k p at this temperature 1 prepared by first coupling in acetate medium the diazo During this time the pH increased slowly and spon- Qf aniline-2,5-disulfonic acid with 3-amino-4-meth0xy- I, 121116011813 from 6.5 120 7.5. The diflZO of 10.6 parts of the t l e d th coupling th di of th th obt i d a 1-aniline-2-sulfonic acid was poured on the thus obtained mo o with 1-na,phthylamino-6-sulfonic id, discondensed product, cooled to 2 C. while maintaining While maintaining the pH between 6.5 a d 7 with a the coupling pH between 7 and 8 with a 10% solution of 10% solution of Na CO the reaction mixture was heated N 2CO3 and the temperature below 5 C. with ice. The

at 45-50' C. for 24 hours. The dyestulf, reaction mixture was kept under agitation during the ISO Na (30113 N CH2SO3N3 N N SOzNa CH3 \O/ SO Na ('31 was precipitated by salting out within about 1520 min- 30 night, While maintaining the temperature between 0 and utes with a 10% w./v. KCl solution at 25 C., and was 5 C. for about 3 hours and then allowing it to rise to then filtered and dried at about 40 C. 16 C. The next day, the dyestuff,

The dyestuff dissolved in water, yielding a reddishsoaNa OH 01 brown solution which dyed cotton brown with good I l fastness after alkaline thermofixing. =N CHZSO Na EXAMPLE 2 0 f T I N s NHO CN- A solution of the monocondensed product (I) oba 3 G tained as described in Example 1 was poured into a coupling solution obtained by adding, at 05 C., 10.8 Was Precipitated at a P of by salting out h NaCl,

parts of 3-amino-4-methoxytoluene to a suspension of and Was t n filt d and dried at abOut 40 C. the diazo of 23.3 parts of 2-naphthylamino-4,8-disulfonic The dyestutf dissolved in water, yielding an orange acid and increasing the pH to 4-5 over 1 hourwith solution which dyed cotton brilliant yellowish-orange with 11.5 g. of 100% NaOI-I in form of a diluted olution at good fastness (particularly fast to chlorine) after alkaline about 10% w./v. thermofixing.

While maintaining the pH at about 6.5 with a 10% EXAMPLE 4 w./v. solution of Na CO the reaction mixture was heated 528 parts of the disodium salt of the monoazo obtained at c'forshours' by alkaline .coupling of the diazo of 4-nitro-2-amino- T fi dyestuff phenol with 1-hydr0Xy-8-aminonaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic a C 3 N CHZSOS acid were dissolved in 600 parts of H 0 together with A I 12.5 parts of chromium triacetate, containing 22.2% Cr, 0 and this solution was maintained at the boiling point for i N 0 5 hours at a pH of 5-6. Into the solution of the 2.1 y CH1 chromium complex thus obtained, were added 46.5 parts of the sodium salt of the product obtained by precipitat- SoaNa C1 ing by salting out with 20% NaCl the solution of the was precipitated by salting out with a 20% w./v. NaCl monocondensed product (I). The reaction mixture was solution, at pH=6.5, at 18-20" C., and was then filtered heated at about 45 C. at a pH of 6.5 until the free amino and dried at about 40 C. groups disappeared. Then the dyestuff,

NaSOa- S03Na G1 (I) SOaNa or N N N N (3112 '0 l t 1H (Ll-Q was precipitated at a pH of about 5 by salting out with 20% w./v. KCl solution, at about 20 C., and was then filtered and dried at about 40 C. The dyestufr' dissolved in water, yielding an intense bluish solution Which dyed cotton dark blue with good fastness (particularly fast to chlorine) after alkaline thermofixing.

EXAMPLE 5 Proceeding as in Example 4, the 2:1 cobalt complex was prepared using cobalt acetate in ammonia solution and then the dyestuff,

N02 S Na N N=N- some.

SOaNa SOaNa was precipitated at a pH of about 5 by salting out with a w./v. KCl solution at about 20 C., and was then filtered and dried at about 40 C., yielding a dark 6 60 C. by adjusting the pH to 6 and was then filtered, pulped with 450 parts of H 0 at 60 C. and combined with 120 parts of an alkaline solution of the sodium salt of chromosalicylic acid (chromium content 2.6%). The reaction mixture was then heated to the boiling point and maintained at the boiling point for 2 hours. The thus obtained solution was cooled to C. and the pH adjusted to 7. Then 46.5 parts of the sodium salt of the product obtained by precipitating by salting out with 20% NaCl the solution of the monocondensed product l N CH2 (I) (see Example 1) were added. The resulting mixture was heated to C. and maintained at this temperature and a pH of about 6.5 until the free amino groups disviolet solution which dyed cotton violet. A mixture conappeared. Then, the dyestutf,

I SO Na sisting of 1 part of this dyestuif and 7 parts of the dyestuif prepared in Example 4 dyed cotton black. Good fastness (particularly to chlorine) was obtained after alkaline thermofixing.

EXAMPLE 6 43.1 parts of the sodium salt of the monoazo obtained by coupling 6-nitro-1-diazo-2-hydroxynaphthalene-4-sulfonic acidwith Z-hydroxynaphthalene were dissolved in 1500 parts of water and heated to 90 C. To this solution were added 43 parts of Na S-9H O in '50 parts of water at C. and the reaction mixture was maintained under agitation at 90-95 C. for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Q N==' 2g) SO Na O O N (EH2 SOgNa was precipitated at a pH of about 5 by salting out with a 15% w./v. KCl solution, and was then filtered and dried at about 40 C. The dyestuff dissolved in water, yielding a bluish solution which dyed c'otton brilliant grey with good fastness after alkaline thermofixing.

EXAMPLE 7 The 2:1 chromium complex prepared from 42.6 parts of the disodium salt of the monoazo obtained by coupling the diazo of 5-nitro-2-aminophen0l with 2-amino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-7-sulfonic acid, was condensed (at 40 C. and at a pH of 6.5 until the free amino groups disappeared) with 46.5 parts of the sodium salt of the product obtained by precipitating solution (I) (see Exam- The monoazo amine thus prepared was precipitated at ple l). The dyestuff SO Na was precipitated at a pH of about 5 by salting out with NaCl, and was then filtered and dried at about 40 C. The dyestuif dissolved in water, yielding a bluish solution which dyed cotton greenish-grey with good fastness after alkaline thermofixing.

EXAMPLE 8 4 parts of anhydrous sodium carbonate and 0.2 part of the dyestuif of Example 1 were dissolved in 200 parts of water. 10 parts of mercerized cotton in the. form of a skein were immersed at room temperature in said dye bath and heated under continuous agitation. The heating was regulated so that the temperature rose to 85 C. within minutes. This temperature was maintained for 1 hour. After the heating was begun, 20 parts of anhydrous sodium sulfate were added in three equal portions over a short period of time, preferably within ranges of 5 minutes. Then the dyed material was removed from the dye bath, exhaustively washed in cold water and then with warm water, soaped at the boiling point for 20 minutes in a soaping bath prepared with 2 g./1 of Diapon T. It was then exhaustively rinsed and dried. A skein dyed a brilliant grey shade and having good fastness, particularly to washing, was obtained. The dye bath may be used for successive dyeings, using the same dyestutf, after cooling to 50 C. and addition of 2 parts of sodium carbonate, thus saving sulfate, carbonate and steam.

EXAMPLE 9 2 parts of the metallized dyestuif of Example 4, mixed with 2 parts of Na CO and 20 parts of urea, were dissolved in 80 parts of H 0. A cotton fabric was impregnated at the foulard with the thus obtained solution and then squeezed until the increase over the initial weight of the fabric was 75-80%. Then the fabric was dried OgNa until it contained 15% of residual moisture. The fabric was then subjected to the action of dry heat for 5 minutes at a temperature between and C. rinsed first with cold water and then with hot water, soaped for 15-20 minutes in a 3% solution of Dispersol E. Then the fabric was again rinsed and dried. A fabric dyed a deep bluish shade and having good general fastness, particularly to chlorine, was obtained.

Variations can, of course, be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we desire to secure by Letters Patent and hereby claim is:

1. A reactive dyestufi selected from the. group consisting of dyestuffs having the formula wherein R R and R are each selected from the group consisting of phenyl and naphthyl containing substituents selected from the group consisting of --OH, SO H, NO chlorine alkyl containing about 1-3 carbon atoms and alkoxy containing about 1-3 carbon atoms, and n is 1 or 2, said dystuif containing at least three SO H radicals, and cobalt and chromium metal complexes of the foregoing dyestufis.

2. The reactive dyestutf of claim 1, having the structure:

O CH! C H SO 3N8 3. The reactive dyestuff cf'claim 1, having the struc- 4. The reactive dyestuif of claim 1 ,having the structure: ture:

OH E1 0 N 0 CH CH so N S s a a N a a a 5 N=N CH S0 Na l N N N=N NH-O C-N- H a SOaNa NH- G-N- N N CH: O/ N 5. The reactive dyestulf of claim 1, having the struc- SOaNa 01 10 me:

6. The reactive dyestuif of claim 1, having the structure:

7. The reactive dyestuff of claim 1, having the structure:

*gg UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3,501,452 Dated March 17, 1970 Inventor) Mario Bertin, Ugo Moiso, and Giulio Craia It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Column 4, line 10, "reaction was" should read reaction mixture was line 16, "discondensed" should read dicondensed structural formula in Example 4,

/ 5 mac.- mm 01 N J) SOgNI El I 1g \g {1m N/ \N 806 \N/ Q-N- 6-11: 0 0

(J31 N I I N==N HOINI should read NOI meo 0mg (1 N a BOINII El 13 N (#11. N/ \N Cr/ NH \N/ /VM'N Q-N- lu-m: 0 o

11H: \N 11 A0|NQ NnBO OaNl $233? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. ,452 Dated March 17, 1970 Inventor) Mario Bertin, Ugo Moiso, and Giulio Craia It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Columns 5 and 6, structural formula in Example 6 sogNl should read N sown o o 3mm Am MALED AUG 251% R Meat:

Edmdlll lewh j WILLIAM E- a.

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